Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Italy strikes as race to pass austerity starts

By James Mackenzie


ROME (Reuters) - Workers across Italy began a strike on Tuesday as the center-right government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi scrambled to secure parliamentary backing for a package of austerity measures.


The eight-hour strike called by the CGIL, Italy's largest union, is expected to disrupt public transport including air traffic, underlining a sense of emergency in the euro zone's third largest economy.



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